Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck is a writer, editor, dramaturg, and recovering Off-Off-Broadway producer, who was for many years the literary manager of Six Figures Theatre Company. She has written for The Brooklyn Rail, The Brooklyn Paper nytheatre.com, and NYTheater now, and currently writes occasionally for HowlRound and WIT Online. In her non-theatrical life, she works in book publishing.

Articles by Loren Noveck

15 May 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: A(u)nts! at The Brick

The Brick Theater ⋄ May 8-24, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A fantasia of woman- and antkind anchored by three strong performances. Loren Noveck reviews.

11 May 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Five Models in Ruins, 1981 at the Claire Tow Theater

April 19-June 1, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A play set in the world of modeling does a better job with surface than with depths–which is perhaps fitting. Loren Noveck reviews.

4 May 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The United States vs. Ulysses at Irish Arts Center

Irish Arts Center ⋄ April 30-June 1, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Ripped from century-old headlines, Colin Murphy’s new play feels disturbingly timely. Loren Noveck reviews.

1 May 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Lobster at The Tank

The Tank ⋄ April 25-May 17, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Kallan Dana’s new play begins with high school theater but glimpses the sublime. Loren Noveck reviews.

26 April 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Rheology at the Bushwick Starr

Bushwick Starr ⋄ April 15 - May 10, 2025

By Loren Noveck

The concept of the fragile solid becomes a sustaining metaphor in Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s new piece. Loren Noveck reviews.

20 April 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Macbeth in Stride at BAM Harvey

BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ April 15-27, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Whitney White is a multi-hyphenated theatrical powerhouse, but this fusion of Shakespeare and pop concert doesn’t gel. Loren Noveck reviews.

17 April 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. at the Public Theater

Public Theater ⋄ April 3-May 11, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Four unsettling Caryl Churchill one-acts resonate in complex ways. Loren Noveck reviews.

14 April 2025

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: John Proctor Is the Villain at the Booth Theatre

Booth Theatre ⋄ March 20-July 6

By Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck wanted a little more ambiguity as playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Danya Taymor take down Arthur Miller’s hero.

13 April 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan at Atlantic Stage II

Atlantic Stage 2 ⋄ March 29-April 30, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck feels fortunate that she does know David Greenspan, who excels in his usual way in this piece created solely for him.

10 April 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Swamp Dwellers at Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ March 30-April 20, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A rarely seen early play by Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka feels resonant and relevant today. Loren Noveck reviews.